Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-28

modiste varying them to suit her fancy or
according to her cloth. The turnover
folds dropping down from the belt
though no longer new, are still popular.
The jabot back drapery, which was form
erly made with two stiffiy folded narrow
isbots, one down each side, is now more
gracefully arranged in single large jabot
of easy, soft folds down the middle of the
back, dropping from the belt to the floor
The apron draperles to be most popular
as the season advances are those plated
to the belt, and thus leaving their fullness
falling in lengthwise wrinkles made by
many plaits on each side. To illustrate
this, take q breadth OF cashmere, and, let
ting one corner from the front, plat
the top to the belt in six p!aits-three
each side, meeting il the middle-then
catch up slightly the middle plaits on
each side to break up its stiffness. A
hem OF facing three inches wide edges the
| apron, and may be either stitched by ma
chine or done in blind stitches, no matter
| how fine the wool fabric may be; indeed
| it is quite q feature this season to put
row after row of machine stitching on
summer cancels hair and cashmere dres-
ses in the wsv formerly confined to win
ter gowns CT heavy clo'h,
| NOTES.
The favorite bonnet will be the capote.
For house dresses the wide bias half
| girdle fronts will be used in combination
dresses.
Beads about the size of pea made of
| Swiss lapis lszuli are favorite necklaces
for young girls.
Undressed kid gloves have superseded
the dressed kid and are worn now in Paris
to ball, reception and opera.
Coat basques with long square side
pieces low on the hips are being made by
French modistes for demi-season toilets.
Collars and cuffs are worn with wool
dresses; the collars are high and straight,
or the points may be slightly turned over
in front.
A favorite corsage for sheer white wool
ems is the full belted waist, the fullness at
the top being gathered on cords in the
form of a pointed yoke.
Plnked edges are again seen on import
ed cloth gowns, forming side bands,
Jokes, borders, and vests, made OF alter
mating rows of dark and light cloths, as
with cactus red.
The favoIite ruching at present is the
fat fold. II the material is thin there
| Wall oS sSNClo2 olC Ju5e SuO"lhS
above the other. Corded satin, embroid
cred with pearl and colored beads and
tinsel, is used considerably.
le-colored leather of grayish blue
faded rose or gray enameled on white are
popular in the purses and card-cases in
use at this season. They are covered
with enameling in figures of birds anG
bugs, or Of leaf and scroll-work, tbs
latest fancy being for reproductions O!
peacock's feathers.
Long straight polonaises will be made
of the heavy fabrics used for winter cos
tunes for the street; these are not to be
; caught up on the hips, but are cut very
tull in fiat pleats behind, and slopins
away toward the sides to disclose the
rich material of the skirt beneath, which
.. will be entirely concealed elsewhere.
For those who are dressing in mourn.
; ing, black and white striped perc.le col
lars and cuffs will be found most cor
venient, and appropriate for breakfas
dresses, and for evening white tarletan
: several folds laid one over the other, will
be found very seryiceable as il can bs
easily replaced when it becomes crushed
Household.
In the modern temple of home, tn
altar dedicated to hospitality should no
be overlooked. The Bedouin OF tn,
desert shares his humble fare with tn,
! stranger who comes to his tent door, and